though i try not to heat and re-chill beer, it is largely a myth that beer will become "skunked" if left to warm then chilled again....light is the main enemy of beer, not heat.....that is why many brewers choose dark bottles....so, i dont think i would purposely leave beer in a hot trunk, but you don't need to worry as much as people tend to believe....just put it back in the fridge and it will be fine

you sure that was because of the heat? i can't think of why heated beer would make you physically sick....it could have been something else

ive had "bad" beer before with no problems (im sure anyone who has gone to college has)....and i think many of us would be surprised to learn that alot of the beer we buy at the store "cold" was warm/hot at some point

....and i think many of us would be surprised to learn that alot of the beer we buy at the store "cold" was warm/hot at some point

The brewerys are regional in order to cut down on the shipping time. It's chilled at the end of the brewing process, it's chilled during brewery storage, it's chilled in refrigerated trucks between the brewery and the stores, and then placed into refrigerated display cases. The primary reason is to keep the carbonation under control, but there is also a minor flavor issue. With cut-throat national and international competition, the brewery's profits demand it.

I think many of us would be surprised to learn that a lot (virtually all) of the beer we buy at the store "cold" was NEVER warm/hot at any point!

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A bit off topic, but does anyone here remember the Peter Falk "Colombo" episode with Donald Pleasance as the murderer/winery owner? He was found out at the end because unbenownst to him, the power had gone out over the murder weekend, & thus the a/c to his wine cellars (where he'd hidden the body) which turned his precious & priceless vintages to worthless. Colombo cornered him as he was tossing the bottles over a California cliff into the sea.

One of my favorite episodes (one of the other ones being Louis Jourdan as the murdering food critic).

The brewerys are regional in order to cut down on the shipping time. It's chilled at the end of the brewing process, it's chilled during brewery storage, it's chilled in refrigerated trucks between the brewery and the stores, and then placed into refrigerated display cases. The primary reason is to keep the carbonation under control, but there is also a minor flavor issue. With cut-throat national and international competition, the brewery's profits demand it.

I think many of us would be surprised to learn that a lot (virtually all) of the beer we buy at the store "cold" was NEVER warm/hot at any point!

When I had my liquor store the only trucks that broght cold beer was coors. All of the others came in at ambient.

When I had my liquor store the only trucks that broght cold beer was coors. All of the others came in at ambient.

No beer trucks delivering to Circle Ks (an American Southwest Convenience store chain) were ever unrefrigerated. But if what you say is true for your store, I wonder why Budweiser was sold to a European conglomerate while Coors remains an American company.

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Yeah, I'm pretty sure it was the heat. It wasn't quantity and everybody else was drinking the same thing without problem. It was a blazing hot summer night and I, being young and inexperienced and not knowing any better, put my beer back in the fridge to cool it down a few times. Big mistake!

though i try not to heat and re-chill beer, it is largely a myth that beer will become "skunked" if left to warm then chilled again....light is the main enemy of beer, not heat.....that is why many brewers choose dark bottles....so, i dont think i would purposely leave beer in a hot trunk, but you don't need to worry as much as people tend to believe....just put it back in the fridge and it will be fine

Yeah, I'm pretty sure it was the heat. It wasn't quantity and everybody else was drinking the same thing without problem. It was a blazing hot summer night and I, being young and inexperienced and not knowing any better, put my beer back in the fridge to cool it down a few times. Big mistake!

There could be many other factors as to why you got sick. There is nothing about what you did with your beer that would cause you to be sick.